Unburnt Bush
Iconography: Burning Bush, icon of the Mother of God, Selected saints
Date: XVIII century. 18th-19th centuries.
Material: Wood, levkas, tempera
Dimensions: height 35,5 cm, width 30 cm
The depiction of the Mother of God of the Unburned Bush shows an eight pointed star made from two sharp four pointed stars with concave ends, from which one is red (fiery) reminding one of fire, as embraced in the Moses vision of the bush; the other is of green color indicating the natural color of the bush, which it protected, being embraced by a fiery flame. In the corners of the red quadrangle are the symbols of the four Evangelists. The Unburnt Bush is surrounded by the angels. On the borders are the figures of the saints.
Inv. № 0236. © The Andrey Rublyov Museum of Medieval Russian Culture and Art
General view
Mullion
The Holy Virgin with the Child
Saints Kozma and Damian holding an icon of Our Lady of Kazan
Saints holding an icon of the Holy VIrgin
Saints holding an icon of the Holy Virgin, Nicholas the Wonderworker
John the Baptist, saint Antipas
Gurias, Samonas and Habibas
Saint Florus and Laurus, Nikita the Warrior
The saints
The saints
Saint Ipatius and Saint Romanus the Wonderworker
The saints
Saint Conon of Isauria, Saint Catherine and Saint Pishoy the Great
The saints
The saints
Simeon, Elijah the Prophet
Saints Modest and Blaise
Saints Cyprian and Justina, Saint Artemius